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Veteran Counseling Services

Readjustment Counseling Service
Vet Center Services- Readjustment counseling is a wide range of services offered to eligible Veterans and their families in the effort to make a successful transition from military to civilian life. 

Services offered at Vet Centers nationwide include:

• Individual and group Counseling for Veterans and their families
• Family counseling for military related issues
• Bereavement counseling
• Military sexual trauma counseling and referral
• Outreach 
• Substance abuse assessment and referral
• Employment referral
• Referral to other VA services
• Community education 

Eligibility
Any Veteran or active-duty Service member, to include federally-activated members of the National Guard and Reserve components, who:

• Has served on active military duty in any combat theater or area of hostility.
• Experienced a military sexual trauma while serving on active military duty;
• Provided direct emergent medical care or mortuary services, while serving on active military duty, to the casualties of war;
• Served as a member of an unmanned aerial vehicle crew that provided direct support to operations in a combat zone or area of hostility
• All readjustment counseling services available at Vet Centers are at no charge to the eligible individual or their family and are also available without time limitation.
• Service members and Veterans are not required to enroll in the VA health care system or have received a service connection for conditions caused by military service.
• These services are also provided regardless of the nature of the Veteran’s discharge. This includes service provision to those individuals with problematic discharges.

Contact: Matthew Tiger, MSW, LCSW, Readjustment Counselor

• Tulsa Vet Center/ Tahlequah Community access point
• PO Box 948 Tahlequah, OK 74465
• Office phone 800-256-0671 EXT 5693
• Cell phone 918-822-2563
• Email matthew-tiger@cherokee.org